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Overview

A text that truly embodies its name, CHEMISTRY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE connects the chemistry students learn in the classroom (principles) with real-world uses of chemistry (practice). The authors accomplish this by starting each chapter with an application drawn from a chemical field of interest and revisiting that application throughout the chapter. The Case Studies, Practice of Chemistry essays, and Ethics in Chemistry questions reinforce the connection of chemistry topics to areas such as forensics, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and industry.

Meet the Authors

Daniel L. Reger,
University of South Carolina

Daniel L. Reger is a decorated inorganic chemist from the University of South Carolina. He is Carolina Distinguished Professor. He received his B.S. in 1967 from Dickinson College and his Ph.D. in 1972 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1985 and 1994, he was a Visiting Fellow at Australian National University. In his 30+ years of teaching at South Carolina, he has received numerous University awards, including the Educational Foundation Research Award for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering in 1995; the Michael J. Mungo Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1995 and for Graduate Teaching in 2003; the Amoco Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award in 1996; the Carolina Trustee Professorship in 2000; and the Educational Foundation Outstanding Service Award in 2008. In 2007, he was awarded the South Carolina Governor's Awards for Excellence in Scientific Research and in 2008 the American Chemical Society Outstanding South Carolina Chemist of the Year. He has published more than 190 research papers and presented more than 90 times at professional meetings.

Scott R. Goode,
University of South Carolina

Scott R. Goode is a distinguished analytical chemist also from the University of South Carolina. He received his B.S. in 1969 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1973. Scott is an equally decorated teacher, having received numerous awards like the Amoco Teaching Award in 1991, the Mungo Teaching Award in 1999, and the Ada Thomas Advising Award 2000. He twice received the Distinguished Honors Professor Award for his innovative course in General Chemistry. Scott's research interest includes Chemical Education, Forensics and Environmental Chemistry and has directed 19 Ph.D. dissertations, 6 M.S. theses and the programs of 19 M.A.T. students. His publishing achievements include more than 55 research papers and over 150 presentations at professional meetings He is highly active in the American Chemical Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

David W. Ball,
Cleveland State University

David W. Ball is Professor of Chemistry at Cleveland State University. His research interests include computational chemistry of new high energy materials, matrix isolation spectroscopy, and various topics in chemical education. He has over 160 publications, equally split between research articles and educational articles, including five books currently in print. He has won recognition for the quality of his teaching, receiving several departmental and college teaching awards as well as the university's Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award in 2002. He has been a contributing editor to "Spectroscopy" magazine since 1994, where he writes "The Baseline" column on fundamental topics in spectroscopy. He is also active in professional service, serving on the Board of Trustees for the Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair and the Board of Governors of the Cleveland Technical Societies Council. He is also very active in the American Chemical Society, serving the Cleveland Section as chair twice (in 1998 and 2009) and Councilor from 2001 to the present.

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Each chapter begins with an opening application drawn from a chemical field of interest, which is revisited throughout the chapter.

Worked Examples include problem flow diagrams that map out the problem-solving process in a graphical manner, aiding students in developing problem-solving thought processes and strategies. Many examples use color to aid students in showing how the initial data in the problem is transformed through the various steps of the problem to the answer

Case Studies are multi-pronged, multi-step problems that examine real world uses of chemistry. Summary Problems focus on a problem of chemical interest and draw on material from the entire chapter for their solutions.

Ethics in Chemistry questions, located at the end of each chapter before the problem sets, emphasize the human side of chemistry and remind students that chemistry is not just a set of facts. These questions discuss the ethical issues and dilemmas scientists face in practicing their profession. They also are good exercises for schools that have a writing-across-the-curriculum requirement.

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This book presents chemistry concepts in an experimental context by demonstrating how the facts and theories have come from many years of experimentation. This is emphasized in the text with margin icons.

Each section begins with a set of Learning Objectives and ends with an Objectives Review. The exercises also are grouped by objectives.

Principles of Chemistry essays expand and/or reinforce important topics discussed in the book. Practice of Chemistry essays are real-world applications of chemistry; i.e., why and how chemists and other professionals use chemistry in their jobs and daily lives.

The text includes approximately 2000 Questions and Exercises. Questions are qualitative in nature, often conceptual, and include problem-solving skills. Questions that are suitable for a brief writing exercise are designated with the symbol of a pencil. The more-challenging items are designated with a triangle. The text also has end-of-chapter exercises available in OWLv2.

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